| 100% | CLARISSA | 8 | She explained it all on Nickelodeon in the 1990s |
| 65% | CLARISSA | 8 | She explained it all on Nickelodeon |
| 59% | CLARISSA | 8 | "___ Explains It All," '90s Nickelodeon show about a teenager who tells the audience about the everyday adolescent struggles in her life |
| 40% | CLARISSA | 8 | "___ Explains It All" (former Nickelodeon show) |
| 38% | GOESHAM | 7 | Leaves it all on the court, so to speak |
| 36% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle |
| 36% | GAS | 3 | The "it" in "Step on it!" |
| 36% | SHANIATWAIN | 11 | Her 1997 album "Come on Over" spent 53 weeks in the Top 10, #3 among all country albums: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PEPSI | 5 | The "it" in the 1990s slogan "Gotta have it" |
| 35% | PASSPLAY | 8 | It's not all done on the ground |
| 35% | FINI | 4 | It's done in France all the time |
| 35% | AXLE | 4 | It's in heavy rotation on the highway |
| 35% | YOUNG | 5 | "___ Sheldon," sitcom set in the 1990s based on Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 35% | PAYS | 4 | "I hope it all ___ off in the end..." (is worth it) |
| 35% | SCREW | 5 | Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head |
| 35% | THREEPIN | 8 | It's on the right in the second row |
| 35% | ELF | 3 | All-knowing figure on the shelf, in Christmas decor |
| 35% | LAUNDRY | 7 | On "Jersey Shore," it's the L in "GTL" |
| 35% | ACORNER | 7 | The Eagles were standin’ on it in Winslow, Arizona |
| 34% | TIMCURRY | 8 | He played It in the 1990s miniseries |
| 34% | SEASHELLS | 9 | She sells them on the seashore in a tongue twister |
| 34% | WESTERN | 7 | All Quiet on the __ Front, won an Oscar in 1931 |
| 34% | LOS | 3 | It happened in ___ Angeles on the corner of Sunset Boulevard |
| 34% | OPEC | 4 | It imposed an embargo on the U.S. in 1973 |
| 34% | MORN | 4 | It "smiles on the frowning night," in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 34% | BIGBEN | 6 | Its chimes were first heard on the BBC in 1923 |
| 34% | TRIG | 4 | One may consider all the angles in it |
| 34% | OVERDRIVE | 9 | You may be in it on the highway |
| 34% | LEE | 3 | Spike ___, famous film director who also worked in television on the show "She's Gotta Have It" |
| 34% | NEPOTISM | 8 | It's all in the family |